More than one kind of 'clown' at my LFS

[fishnose]

I recently went to my usual LFS to get some more food, and of course checked out the loach situation. They had some kuhlis and clowns. I almost got a few of the kuhlis, but decided not to, at which point one of the newer employees tried to help.

He suggested that I get a few clown loaches. I told him they would get waaay too big for me, at which point he tried to convince me that they would get no bigger than 3".

I told him I'd seen pictures of clowns over a foot( ), and he told me that it must have been a different kind of clown loach .


I also read in a book that clowns only get to 6", and that you should keep several young ones but only one adult specimen in a tank at a time .

[Mark in Vancouver]

You should see if you can find an email for the store and let them know this happened. Attach a picture of Marge or Basil - or just a link to this site.

One day this myth will cease to exist!

[Martin Thoene]

You're a myth Mark? When did you have the thexth change then?

Owed you that one

Martin.

[sophie]

don;t you think, though, that the problem isn't that people who advise customers in this way don't know the true situation, but rather that they don't care?

Not so much of a myth and more of a convenient untruth.
sigh.

[Mark in Vancouver]

You're a myth Mark? When did you have the thexth change then?

Owed you that one

Martin.

I'll get you for thith, Thoene!

[Mark in Vancouver]

don;t you think, though, that the problem isn't that people who advise customers in this way don't know the true situation, but rather that they don't care?

Not so much of a myth and more of a convenient untruth.
sigh.

This is why we should have some kind of poster like the ones Emma showed, that could be downloaded as a PDF file from LOL and printed. At least once a year we could encourage a mass-hassle-your-lfs campaign and try to get these posted in shops.

[Martin Thoene]

Mark wrote:

I'll get you for thith, Thoene!

Abtholutely, I never doubted it for more than a couple of minuiteth

Martin.

[Emma Turner]

Mark & Marthin, you both thound like Igor's. (Ken will know what I mean).

[helen nightingale]

then you get the

"oh yes, i know that clowns CAN get that big, but its so rare that they do, that you dont have to worry. i know your tank is no bigger than a vase, but at least it will eat the snails."

maybe we need a Marge roadshow

[Rocco]

You aint heard nothing yet.

these are excerpts from a local fish hobbyist in the Philippines.

...clowns make excellent tankmates for arowanas and tiger datnioides because they...

...clowns are scavengers...

and after I had told them that loaches are river fish and need a pretty decent current running through their tank.

...wouldn't a strong flow stress the fish?

and they wonder why my fish colors so bright and theirs doesn't.

[Blue]

You aint heard nothing yet.

these are excerpts from a local fish hobbyist forum in the Philippines.

...clowns make excellent tankmates for arowanas and tiger datnioides because they...

...clowns are scavengers...

LOL! I hear that all the time.

and after I had told them that loaches are river fish and need a pretty decent current running through their tank.

...wouldn't a strong flow stress the fish?

..and they wonder why my fish colors so bright and theirs doesn't.

LOL! Live and learn is their lesson.

Hats off for you, Rocco.

[Tinman]

Mark wrote:
Quote:
I'll get you for thith, Thoene!


Abtholutely, I never doubted it for more than a couple of minuiteth

Martin.

Thtop it U twoo, I am thpitting on my thkrene agin

[helen nightingale]

Rocco and Blue, that BAD. what hope have newcomers got with advice that that?

[Graeme Robson]

Rocco and Blue, that BAD. what hope have newcomers got with advice that that?

Helen.. Rocco and Blue are only sharing their experiences from those dopey assistants in lfs's.

[Blue]

Helen.. Rocco and Blue are only sharing their experiences from those dopey assistants in lfs's.

Thanks, Graeme.